My brother Robert, son of Supergran (and something of a superman in his own right) is a tad worried… He may be a fearless firefighter, a caring paramedic, a gifted musician, piano tuner and all-round good egg rolled into one but he has a little problem at the moment. Our mutual friend David (a big-shot in Dawlish and involved in Heritage Day) enlisted the help of keen cyclist Superman Rob to organise a special event – the Vintage Bicycle Parade.
“I’m a bit worried,” Superman Rob confided to me yesterday (don’t tell him I told you on my blog!) when we bumped into each other by the Brook, “because so far only five people have registered online to be in the Vintage Bicycle Parade. I’m counting on you and Chris to come. It will be great fun you know, but you must dress up and wear a hat – anything from the nineteen-twenties to the nineteen-fifties.”
“I’m a bit worried,” said Chris later when I arrived home and reminded him that we had promised to attend Robert’s event.
“I know you look funny in hats but you’ll have to bear it – we did promise…” I anticipated the reason for his concern.
“Well yes, that’s true, but it isn’t just that,” Chris explained, “I don’t have a vintage bike. I’ll look silly wearing plus-fours and a straw boater, especially on my new bike!”
“Nonsense!” I fibbed (and suppressed a chuckle as I visualised my husband with boater hat floating above his thick curly hair), “Besides, Rob says you can borrow one of his old bikes.”
We will be going to the Vintage Bicycle Parade (as part of Heritage Day) on the Green at Dawlish from 9.30 am on 31st May, so do please feel free to come along for a laugh. Better still, dress up and join in, and we can all laugh together. I think I may go as an Italian film-star – I wonder what Sophia Loren would have worn on a bike?
To register online for the event get in touch with Superman Rob on:- robertjporch@gmail.com – just pretend you heard about it on the grapevine! And please, don’t let Chris know I posted the photos of him as Harpo Marx… keep it under your hat!
